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Indonesia Parliament passes law to create more provinces in Papua amidst fears of government repression

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By taking into account the political, administrative, legal aspects, socio-cultural unity, readiness of human resources, basic infrastructure, economic capacity, future developments and the aspirations of the Papuan people.

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India government removes National Testing Agency head amid medical entrance test scandal

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The Indian government removed on Saturday the director general of the National Testing Agency (NTA), Subodh Kumar Singh, amid the ongoing National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) scandal. The Indian Supreme Court has asked the government and NTA to submit responses to allegations of a paper leak by July 8.

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India Supreme Court constitutes national task force for allocation of medical oxygen

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Last week, the court had directed the union government to work with the states and maintain a buffer stock of oxygen. The court observed that the task force will provide valuable inputs to the central government to enable it to “go beyond finding ad-hoc solutions to the present problems” and prepare for the future. .”

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UN Human Rights Committee concerned over Indonesia human rights violations against Papua people

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Similarly, the UNCHR has raised concerns about the lack of judicial action in the investigated cases, as out of 16 cases of human rights violations investigated by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), only 4 have been prosecuted in court.

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Afghanistan dispatches: female civil servants to be fired and replaced by men in new Taliban decree

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Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on a new Taliban decree relating to civil servant recruitment which overtly discriminates against women, requiring termination of existing female employees of the Afghan government and prohibiting their future hiring.

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California sues Tesla for discrimination and harassment of Black workers

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According to DFEH, they were terminated in retaliation while those found to be harassers remained employed, a human resource investigator concluded a racial slur was simply a “nickname” and Musk told employees in 2017 to be “thick-skinned” against harassment. Complaints by direct employees were also discouraged.

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What Sexual Harassment Policy Applies to Government Workers in Manchester?

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All New Hampshire government offices and employers will have either a human resources administrator or director of division personnel who is responsible for taking complaints.